April 2012 Volume 18 - Issue 4
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April 2012 Volume 18 - Issue 4 The Monthly Newsletter, Perch Base, USSVI Phoenix, Arizona Perch BaseApril Annual 14 Picnic w w w . p e r c h - b a s e . o r g White Tanks Regional Featured Park Article SO u n d n av i g at i O n a n d R a n g i n g Guaranteed to tell you something you didn’t know . USSVI Creed Our organization’s purpose is . “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution. In addition to perpetuating the memory of departed shipmates, we shall provide a way for all Submariners to gather for the mutual benefit and enjoyment. Our com- mon heritage as Submariners shall be strengthened by camaraderie. We support a strong U.S. Submarine Force. The organization will engage in various projects and deeds that will bring about the perpetual remembrance of those shipmates who have given the supreme sacrifice. The organization will also endeavor to educate all third parties it comes in contact with about the services our submarine brothers performed and how their sacrifices made possible the freedom and lifestyle we enjoy today.” Page 1 2012 Perch Base Foundation Supporters These are the Base members and friends who donate monies or efforts to allow for Base operation while keeping our dues low and avoid raising money through member labor as most other organizations do. Remember, if you contribute by check, it must be made out to the “Perch Base Foundation.” These are the 2012 Foundation Donors Jerry N. AllstoN WilliAm “Kelly” grissom JAmes F. NeWmAN KeNNeth r. ANdersoN michAel J. hAler JAmes W. NeWmAN reyNAldo F Atos eldoN l. hArtmAN erNie. plANtz steveN BAlthAzor edWArd J. hAWKiNs JAmes rAtte KeNNeth e. BecKer gleNN A. herold dANiel J. reel richArd BerNier theodore huNt stANley N. reiNhold roNAld B. Beyer dAvy l. JoNes Bruce “roBie” roBiNsoN WAlter BlomgreN l. A. (miKe) KeAtiNg stANley i. rud chArles J. BrAdy richArd F. KuNze pete sAttig edgAr t. BrooKs douglAs m. lA rocK ricK simmoNs herBert J. coulter Jr. roBert A. lANceNdorFer WAyNe KirK smith roger J. cousiN AlBert lANdecK steveN K. stANger eugeNe v. crABB deWAyNe loBer AdriAN m. stuKe george l. crider Burtis W. loFtiN WilliAm m. tippett michAel dAhl stepheN A. mArcelliNo Joseph J. vArese JAmes r. deNzieN george mArioNs phillip WAgNer WArNer h. doyle Jr. rAymoNd mArshAll roBert WArNer JAmes N. edWArds terry mArtiN JAmes l. WAll hArry ellis ANgus hoWArd mcphersoN Forrest J. WAtsoN chArles emmett AlAN h. miller rich WomAcK hoWArd m. eNloe pAul v. miller WilliAm Woolcott JAmes evANs roger m. miller JohN g. zAichKiN thomAs e. Fooshee roger r. miller roNAld J. zomoK JohN A. grAves tim moore Billy A. grieves dANNy r. moss Page 2 Sailing Orders * April 14 * “Annual Perch Base Picnic” White Tanks Regional Park. (This will take the place of the April Base Article Page # Title Page and USSVI Creed - Our Purpose 1 Perch Base Foundation Supporters 2 Next regular meeting will be mAy 12 at Table of Contents/Sailing Orders 3 noon (social hour at 11 a.m.) March - Boats on Eternal Patrol 4 Dillon’s Restaurant at Arrowhead Perch Base Officers 7 20585 N. 59th Avenue From the Wardroom - Base Commander’s Message 8 Glendale, AZ 85308-6821 February - Meeting Minutes 8 A Message from the Membership Chairman 11 USSVI National News 11 Flagstaff, AZ “Did You Know #1” 11 Armed Forces Day Communication’s Officer Report 12 “Did You Know #2” 12 Parade and Static Display Holland Club 12 May 19 Shipmate Support List 13 CPO Standards 14 Need a Ride? 15 The Women of Perch Base 15 Navy Makes it Official: USS Phoenix Sail and Rudder 16 Chaplain’s Column 18 March Base Birthdays 19 Lost Boat: USS Kete (SS-369 20 “Did You Know #3” 21 Practical Guide to Tools 22 Feature: The “Bloob” 23 mAy 30 “Did You Know #4” 23 memoriAl dAy” Mailing Page 24 phoeNix NAtioNAl cemetAry Free Hot Dog at the picnic to anyone who knows what this is. Page 3 APRIL ETERNAL PATROLS April 3, 1943 USS Pickerel (SS-177) 74 men lost Reports on her loss are conflicting but probably sunk near Honshu (Japan) by Japanese ASW ships. April 22, 1943 USS Grenadier (SS-210) 4 lost as POWs She was attacked by Japanese aircraft near the Strait of Malacca, survived but was damaged be- yond repair. The crew abandoned ship, were taken prisoner, and all but four (4) survived the war. April 8, 1945 USS Snook (SS-279) 84 men lost Snook was lost while conducting her ninth war pa- trol, in the South China Sea and Luzon Strait. It is believed that she was sunk by kaibokans Okinawa, CD-8, CD-32 and CD-52.It has also been suggest- ed that Snook may have been lost due to one of five Japanese submarines were which also lost in April–May 1945. One candidate is Japanese sub- marine I-56. Page 4 April 10, 1963 USS Thresher (SSN-593) 129 men lost It is believed a brazed pipe-joint ruptures in the engine room. The crew would have attempted to stop the leak; at the same time, the engine room would be filling with a cloud of mist. Water leaking from the broken pipe most likely causes short circuits leading to an automat- ic shutdown of the ship's reactor, causing a loss of pro- pulsion. Procedures at the time would have shutdown steam propulsion. Loss of sufficient motive power and added weight (flooding) caused the ship to sink past crush depth. April 24, 1988 USS Bonefish (SS-582) 3 men lost On 24 April 1988, Bonefish was exercising with the guided missile frigate Carr 160 mi (260 km) off the coast of Florida. While the sub was submerged, seawa- ter began leaking onto cables and electrical buses in a battery supply cableway. Electrical arcing between ca- bles caused an explosion which flashed into a fire with- in minutes. Bonefish was surfaced and its crew ordered to abandon ship. Eighty-nine crew members were res- cued by whaleboat and helicopter crews from Carr and the aircraft carrierJohn F. Kennedy. Three sailors were killed. The damage to Bonefish was deemed too ex- tensive to warrant repair, and a decision was made to decommission her and dispose of her via scrapping. Lost Harbor by Leslie Nelson Jennings There is a port of no return, where ships May ride at anchor for a little space And then, some starless night, the cable slips, Leaving an eddy at the mooring place . Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar. No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore. Page 5 perch BAse oFFicers BASE COMMANDER BASE VICE-COMMANDER Jim Denzien Howard Doyle (623) 547-7945 (623) 935-3830 [email protected] [email protected] SECRETARY TREASURER John Schlag Bob Warner (623) 872-8224 (623) 825-7042 [email protected] [email protected] COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER MEMBERSHIP Chuck Emmett Rick Simmons (623) 466-9569 (623) 583-4235 communications@perch-base. [email protected] CHIEF OF THE BOAT EVENT COORDINATOR Rich Kunze Joe “Wanderer” Varese (623) 932-3068 (623) 388-6749 [email protected] [email protected] CHAPLAIN STOREKEEPER Walt Blomgren De Wayne Lober (602) 309-4407 (602) 944-4200 [email protected] [email protected] HISTORIAN PAST-COMMANDER Jim Newman Stan Reinhold (602) 840-7788 [email protected] [email protected] Page 6 Perch Base Annual Picnic (and ALL Arizona Subvets Are Invited) S a t u r d a y 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. A p r i l 1 4 Saturday April 14 To get to the White Tanks Regional Park, take Olive Avenue as far west as you can from the Loop 101. Our location is Ramada (Site) #4. Just follow the main road within the Park. IT’S FREE!! (but we’ll take donations!) Menu You MAY bring your own beer, but no Hamburgers glass containers Hot dogs You MAY bring your own beer, but no Potato Salad glass containers Beans Fixin’s Soft Drinks Page 7 From the Wardroom Base Commander’s Message Shipmates: Planning is proceeding for our annual picnic at the White Tank Mountain regional park. We have invited all of the other bases in Arizona to participate with us. In addition, we will be conducting the final Holland Club induction for the year. The date: April 14th; the time 1100-1500. If you haven’t already let us know that you are going to attend, please do so now. All of the State Centennial events have been completed. All of them successful! Hard to believe that Arizona is 100 years old! Congratulations to Howard Doyle who was reelected as Vice Commander! See you at the picnic/meeting on the 14th of April. Fraternally, Jim Denzien, Base Commander March 2011 Minutes of the Regular Base Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Arizona Submarine Veterans Perch Base was convened at Dillon’s Restaurant at Arrowhead, in Glendale, AZ at 12:00 hours, 10 March, 2012. The meeting was called to order by Jim Denzien, Base Commander. The “Call to Order” was followed by a prayer of invocation by Walt Blomgren, Base Chaplain, the Pledge of Allegiance and the Reciting of our Purpose. The tolling ceremony was conducted for all boats lost in the month of March, a moment of silence was observed for our shipmates on eternal patrol, “Sailor’s rest your oars”.